Bill C-20 (Historical)

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act

An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Ed Fast  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment implements the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreements on environmental and labour cooperation entered into between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and done at Ottawa on November 5, 2013.
The general provisions of the enactment specify that no recourse may be taken on the basis of the provisions of Part 1 of the enactment or any order made under that Part, or the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement or the related agreements themselves, without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.
Part 1 of the enactment approves the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreements and provides for the payment by Canada of its share of the expenditures associated with the operation of the institutional aspects of the agreements and the power of the Governor in Council to make orders for carrying out the provisions of the enactment.
Part 2 of the enactment amends existing laws in order to bring them into conformity with Canada’s obligations under the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreement on labour cooperation entered into between Canada and the Republic of Honduras.
Part 3 of the enactment contains coordinating amendments and the coming into force provision.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

June 10, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
June 4, 2014 Passed That Bill C-20, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .
June 4, 2014 Failed That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
June 3, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-20, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and five hours shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and that, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at report stage and the five hours provided for the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stages of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.
March 31, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade.
March 6, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-20, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, not more than one further sitting day after the day on which this Order is adopted shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

International Trade Committee, on April 8, 2014

  • Cameron MacKay, Director General, Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Henri-Paul Normandin, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • Pierre Bouchard, Director, Bilateral and Regional Labour Affairs, Department of Employment and Social Development
  • Bertha Oliva, General Coodinator, Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras
  • Peter Iliopoulos, Senior Vice-President, Public and Corporate Affairs, Head Office, Gildan Activewear Inc.

International Trade Committee, on April 10, 2014

  • Karen Spring, Honduras-based Coordinator, Honduras Solidarity Network
  • Carmen Cheung, Researcher, International Human Rights Program
  • Tasleem Thawar, Executive Director, PEN Canada
  • Jennifer Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator, MiningWatch Canada
  • Pablo Heidrich, Senior Researcher, Governance of Natural Resources program, North-South Institute

International Trade Committee, on April 29, 2014

  • Vincent Taddeo, Vice-President International, International, Cavendish Farms
  • James Bannantine, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aura Minerals Inc.
  • Wayne McDonald, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Relations, J.D. Irving Limited, Cavendish Farms
  • César Urias, Director, Latin America, Canada Pork International

International Trade Committee, on May 1, 2014

  • Ricardo Grinspun, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, York University, Fellow and former Director, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, As an Individual
  • Rosemary Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, As an Individual
  • Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Paul Cardegna